Incidence of skin tears in the extremities among elderly patients at a long-term medical facility in Japan: A prospective cohort study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1058-1063

  Sanada, Hiromi ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^a   Koyano, Yuiko ^a   Iizaka, Shinji ^a   Sugama, Junko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Epidemiology; Nursing care; Preventive medicine; Skin tears

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADEN SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIMB; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TEAR; VERY ELDERLY; ARM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND; INJURIES; LEG; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SKIN;

EID: 84937903354     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12405     Document Type: Article

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